Background
Sr., George Allen Sisson, was born on May 11, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Clark R. and Alberta (Chatfield) Sr.
Sr., George Allen Sisson, was born on May 11, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Clark R. and Alberta (Chatfield) Sr.
Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University, 1942; Doctor of Medicine Syracuse University, 1945.
Intern, Syracuse Medical Center, 1945-1946;
intern, Bellevue Hospital New York University Postgraduate School, 1948-1949;
resident, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York City, 1949-1951;
American Cancer Society head and neck fellow, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York City, 1952-1953;
practice medicine specializing in head and neck surgery, Syracuse, 1953-1967;
practice medicine specializing in head and neck surgery, Chicago, 1967;
professor, department chairman otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, 1967-1989;
professor and chairman emeritus, Northwestern University Medical School, since 1989. Professor otolaryngology, bronchoesophagology Rush Medical College, Chgo. Senior attending physian department otolaryngology-head and neck surgery Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago.
Attending physician Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines, Illinois. Chairman, rehabilitation committee head and neck surgeryNorthwestern Memorial Hospital, 1967-1989. Senior attending physician Cook County Hospital, since 1989.
Chairman, rehabilitation committee head and neck surgery Illinois division American Cancer Society. Advising committee National Institute Neurological Disease, 1975-1978.
Captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1946-1948. Fellow American College of Surgeons (governor 1965, advisory committee 1967-1968, cancer communications since 1986), American Academy Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (president 1983). Member American Laryngeal, Rhinological and Otological Society, American Society Head and Neck Surgery (president 1969-1970), Association Academy Departments Otolaryngology (president 1978-1979), Society University Otolaryngologists (president 1971-1972), American Academy Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (vice president 1972, president 1978-1979), Society Head and Neck Surgeons, American Laryngol.
Society, American Board Otolaryngology (president 1979-1983).
Married Mary Alice Reed, March 25, 1944. Children: Marjorie Ann Sisson Swelsted, George Allen, Kathryn Alberta.